Is a rate cut on the horizon today?

This could be a happy day for homeowners with top banks, with many economists and the cash market backing a rate cut at long last. Lucinda Garbutt-Young and Brittney Levinson crunch the numbers on what the likely rate cut would mean for an average Canberra mortgage.

The National Gallery of Australia is having a tough time paying staff competitive wages and is losing talent as a result, Connor Pearce reports. But there's been enough in the acquisitions kitty for a $2.1 million purchase by an artist best known for a work recreating her own bed, Sally Pryor reports.

Bageshri Savyasachi reports on the shocking death of a second ACT prison inmate within days.

And while we may pride ourselves on being the home of Australian democracy, only one-third of our year 10 students have a good understanding of how it works, Sarah Landsdown reports.

After a cool and potentially foggy start, we're looking at a sunny afternoon and a top of 27 degrees.

John-Paul Moloney, managing editor